(Continued) A Partial List Of Private Cemeteries In Natchez
and Adams County, MississippiCompiled by Bob and Sarah Shumway
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THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ALMOST IN THE FRONT YARD OF "BEECHLAND"
PLANTATION HOUSE - IN THE KINGSTON AREA - NEAR "HILLSIDE" AND THE OLD METHODIST
CHURCH.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM MRS. MAVIS O. FELTUS

102 MELROSE, NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI. SHE HAS ALSO SUPPLIED THE NOTE
THAT REDDING WAS THE BROTHER AND SALLY THE SISTER OF THOMAS DAVIS.

BINGAMAN CEMETERY

1. Sacred

To The Memory Of

Mrs. I. Sargent Murray

Daughter Of Winthrop Sargent, Esq.

Of Gloucester

State Of Mississippi

And Widow Of The Rev. John

Murray Of Boston.

Born At Gloucester, May 1, 1751

Died July 6, 1820 Aged 69 Yrs.

"Dear Spirit The Monumental

Stone Can Never Speak Thy Work."

2. Lewis Bingaman

Died Oct. 25th, 1819

Aged 49 Years

3. Adam Bingaman

Died Oct. 27th, 1819

Aged 52 years.

4. Charlotte Catherine Bingaman

Died Aug. 12, 1841

Aged 64 Years.

5. Mrs. Charlotte Frances Wilkins

Died On The 10th Of October

In The Year 1820 At The Bay

Of St. Louis, Aged 26 Yrs.,

And 5 Months.

6. Francis Surget Wilkins

Aged 6 Years And 3 Months.

7. John Francis Bingaman

Died Sept. 25, 1828.

Aged 25 Years.

8. Marie Linton Wilkins

"She Asked Life Of Thee,

And Tho Gavest Her,

Even Length Of Days For

Ever And Ever,

For So Tho Gavest Thy Beloved

Sleep."

9. Sacred

To The Memory Of

Charlotte Bingaman, Only Child

of Adam Lewis & Julia Maria

Bingaman

Born June 10th, 1813

Died Sept. 29th, 1820

Aged 7 Yrs, 3 Mos. & 19 Days.

"Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven."

BISLAND CEMETERY

1. Sacred To The Memory Of

Peter Bisland, Who

Departed This Life

Aug. 31st, 1829. Born

17th Of March, 1789

Aged 40 Yrs, 5 Mos & 14 Days.

2. Sacred To The Memory Of

Jane P. Dunbar, Who

Departed This Life 26th

Of Sept. 1817, Was Born

28th. Of June 1816.

Daughter Of Elizabeth

& James Dunbar.

3. Sacred To The Memory Of

John Bisland, Son Of

John Bisland, Sr. Who

Departed This Life On

The 2nd Of Nov. 1814,

Aged 27 Years.

"He Walked With God. And

He Was Not, For God Took

Him"

4. Sacred To The Memory Of

John Bisland, Native Of

Scotland. Who Departed

This Life - - - - -

5. Sacred To The Memory Of

Susanah, Wife Of John Bisland

Who Departed This Life.

6. Sacred To The Memory Of

Alexander McCauley

Who Departed This Life

Sept. 18th, 1826

Was Born In Scotland

. Emigrated To America In 1817.

7. Sacred To The Memory Of

Susanah Hunter, Consort Of

Rev. Samuel Hunter, Who Was

Born Feb. 12th, 1802 and de-

parted This Life Sept. 28th, 1825.

Oh! Death Where Is Thy Sting

Oh! Grave Where Is Thy Victory.

8. Sacred To The Memory Of

William A. Smylie

Who Departed This Life

June 11th, 1823.

Son Of James And Sarah Smylie.

9. In Memory Of C. Elizabeth Bisland,

Daughter Of James And Abigail

Bisland, Who Departed This Life

On The 10th Day Of Aug, 1822.

Aged Three Years.

10. Sacred To The Memory

Of Jane P. Bisland

Daughter Of James

Abigail Bisland, Who

Departed This Life On

The 14th Day Of Aug, 1822.

Aged Five Years.

11. Sacred To The Memory Of

Catherine B. Patterson

Who Departed This Life

Dec 23rd, 1823.

Aged 25 Yrs., 3 Mons & 5 Days.

Time How Short

Eternity How Long.

12. In Memory Of Mary

Daughter Of Moses King

And Wife Of James Bisland

Born Jan. 8th, 1799

Died March 12th, 1856.

13. Sacred To The Memory Of

Susanah Bisland, Was Born

3rd of Aug. 1823 and Depar-

ted This Life On The 26th Of

July, 1827. Daughter Of James

And Mary Bisland.

14. In Memory Of Catherine Ann

Hunter, Daughter Of Samuel

& And Susan Hunter. Born Mar.

9th, 1825 And Departed This

Life Sept. 8th.

CEMETERY HAS A BRICK WALL AROUND IT; BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. IN
A BEAUTIFUL SPOT SURROUNDED BY OAK TREES. IN GOOD SHAPE FOR AN OLD CEMETERY.
ABOUT THREE MILES FROM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT PINE RIDGE ON A ROAD LEADING
THROUGH FROM PINE RIDGE TO SELMA. IT IS ABOUT HALF MILE OFF THE ROAD AND
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE GOING FROM SELMA TO PINE RIDGE.

BRANDON HALL CEMETERY IS LOCATED JUST OFF OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE ABOUT
THREE MILES ABOVE SELMA ON BRANDON HALL PLANTATION. NOW OWNED BY MR. WALTER
P. ABBOTT. THIS CEMETERY IS VERY WELL KEPT. ONE GRAVE WITH A BRICK WALL
AROUND IT HAS CRUMBLED AND HAS NO MARKER.

CEMETERY IS VERY WELL KEPT. HAS BLACK IRON FENCE AROUND IT WITH NAME
SURGET AB. ANNO 1792 ON IRON GATE. ALL FENCE AND STONES ARE INTACT AND
KEPT UP BY MRS. GRACE McNEIL

ORIGINAL SURGET HOME, BUILT ON LANDS OBTAINED FROM INDIANS.

CHINA VILLA CEMETERY

ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE CHINA VILLA CEMETERY IS A BRICK VAULT WITH
NO INSCRIPTIONS. BODIES WERE REMOVED FROM THIS VAULT WHEN THE SLAVES WERE
FREED AND BURIED IN THE CITY CEMETERY IN NATCHEZ. MISS. THIS VAULT IS LOCATED
ON CHINA VILLA PLANTATION SIX MILES FROM NATCHEZ ON THE LIBERTY ROAD.

[Added Note: Home Of Thomas Ford]

CLIFFS

1. Jane Surget White, Owner Of "Arlington", 1818 - 1825

"Sacred To The Memory Of Jane, Daughter Of Pierre And KatherineSurget And Relict Of John H. White. Departed From This Life July1, 1825. Aged 38 Years And 6 Months."2. John Hampton White, Traditionally Known As Designer Of "Arlington"

"Sacred To The Memory Of John Hampton White, Born In Elizabethtown,New Jersey, January 1, 1772. Died October 15, 1819."3. Elizabeth White

"Sacred To The Memory Of Elizabeth White, Born 1738."4. Matthew White

"Captain Matthew White. Born 1732."Copied In 1940

By Anne Gwin Vaughn, Owner Of "Arlington" At A Private Cemetery South
Of Natchez On The Property Known As The "Cliffs," Then The Property Of
A. J. Brown, Near Roger Davis' Plantation, Called "The Grove." The property
is now (1989) owned by Lawrence O. Branyan, Jr.

Typescript In 1973 - By Ronald W. Miller, Mississippi Department
Of Archives And History.

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On 6/28/89 Mr. Jack Heuer, 2301 Retta, Corpus Christi, TX 78418 supplied
the further information that there is also a marker as follows: